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Tech giant Google is investing $1billion in renewable energies to make its operations totally green. The company hopes to exploit solar energy, wind farms and other forms of alternative energy to power its data centres around the world. Rick Needham, Google's Director of Energy and Sustainability, told reporters: "We've invested over a billion dollars in 15 projects that have the capacity to produce two giga-watts of power around the world." Mr Needham added it was an economic necessity for Google to invest in energy. He said: "Procuring power for ourselves and investing in…renewable power plants…all make business sense. They make sense for us as a company to do. We rely on power for our business."

Mr Needham said Google still has a long way to go before all of its operations are fuelled by renewable energy. He said about 34 per cent of Google's power requirements are sourced from renewables. Needham told reporters it wasn't always easy to meet this target in some parts of the world, saying: "Our goal is to be 100 per cent renewable powered. There are lots of challenges in getting there, not the least of which is operating in many jurisdictions that are in different parts of the world." He added: "At Google we invest in innovative renewable energy projects that have the potential to transform the energy landscape and help provide more clean power to businesses and homes around the world."

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The 40 Lesson Activities on the PDF Handout

WARM-UPS

1. RENEWABLE ENERGY: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about renewable energy. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES: Complete this table and share what you wrote with your partner(s). Change partners often.

What I know about them

Their potential in my country

Wind power

Hydropower

Solar energy

Biomass

Biofuels

Geothermal energy

4. NO FOSSIL FUELS: Students A strongly believe we won't be using fossil fuels by the end of the century; Students B strongly believe we will always use fossil fuels. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

MY e-BOOK

5. GOING GREEN: Rank these ways to go green with your partner. Put the easiest for you to do at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

• use heating/air-con less

• borrow instead of buying

• walk/bike to work/school

• skip bottled water

• take shorter showers

• eat less meat

• buy in bulk

• wash clothes in cold water

6. ENERGY: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "energy". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

Tech giant Google is investing $1billion in renewable energies to make its operations totally (1) ____________. The company hopes to exploit solar energy, wind farms and other (2) ____________of alternative energy to power its (3) ____________centres around the world. Rick Needham, Google's Director of Energy and Sustainability, told reporters: "We've invested over a billion dollars in 15 (4) ____________that have the (5) ____________to produce two giga-watts of power around the world." Mr Needham added it was an economic (6) ____________for Google to invest in energy. He said: "Procuring power for ourselves and investing in…renewable power (7) ____________…all make business sense. They make sense for us as a company to do. We (8) ____________on power for our business."

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Mr Needham said Google still has a long way to go before all of its operations are (9) ____________by renewable energy. He said about 34 per cent of Google's power requirements are (10) ____________from renewables. Needham told reporters it wasn't always easy to (11) ____________this target in some parts of the world, saying: "Our goal is to be 100 per cent renewable (12) ____________. There are lots of (13) ____________in getting there, not the least of which is operating in many jurisdictions that are in different parts of the world." He added: "At Google we invest in (14) ____________renewable energy projects that have the potential to (15) ____________the energy (16) ____________and help provide more clean power to businesses and homes around the world."

Tech giant Google is investing $1billion in renewable energies to make its (1) ___________________. The company hopes to exploit solar energy, wind farms and other forms of alternative energy (2) ___________________ centres around the world. Rick Needham, Google's Director of Energy and Sustainability, told reporters: "(3) ___________________ billion dollars in 15 projects that have the capacity to produce two giga-watts of power around the world." Mr Needham added it was (4) ___________________ for Google to invest in energy. He said: "Procuring power for ourselves and investing in…renewable power plants… (5) ___________________. They make sense for us as a company to do. (6) ___________________ for our business."

Mr Needham said Google still has a long way (7) ___________________ of its operations are fuelled by renewable energy. He said about 34 per cent of Google's power (8) ___________________ from renewables. Needham told reporters it wasn't always easy (9) ___________________ in some parts of the world, saying: "Our goal is to be 100 per cent renewable powered. There are lots of challenges in getting there, (10) ___________________ is operating in many jurisdictions that are in different parts of the world." He added: "At Google we (11) ___________________ renewable energy projects that have the potential to transform the energy landscape and help provide (12) ___________________ businesses and homes around the world."

You think using less power is the best way to go green. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their ways. Also, tell the others which is the least doable of these (and why): borrowing instead of buying, walking to work or eating less meat.

Role B – Borrowing instead of buying

You think borrowing instead of buying is the best way to go green. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their ways. Also, tell the others which is the least doable of these (and why): using less power, walking to work or eating less meat.

Role C – Walking to work

You think walking to work is the best way to go green. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their ways. Also, tell the others which is the least doable of these (and why): borrowing instead of buying, using less power or eating less meat.

Role D – Eating less meat

You think eating less meat is the best way to go green. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their ways. Also, tell the others which is the least doable of these (and why): borrowing instead of buying, walking to work or using less power.

Tech giant Google is investing $1billion in renewable energies to make its operations (1) ____ green. The company hopes to (2) ____ solar energy, wind farms and other forms of alternative energy to power its data centres around the world. Rick Needham, Google's Director of Energy and Sustainability, told reporters: "We've invested over a billion dollars in 15 projects that have the (3) ____ to produce two giga-watts of power around the world." Mr Needham added it was an economic (4) ____ for Google to invest in energy. He said: "Procuring power for (5) ____ and investing in…renewable power plants…all make business sense. They make sense for us as a company to do. We rely (6) ____ power for our business."

Mr Needham said Google still has a (7) ____ way to go before all of its operations are fuelled by renewable energy. He said about 34 per cent of Google's power requirements are (8) ____ from renewables. Needham told reporters it wasn't always easy to (9) ____ this target in some parts of the world, saying: "Our goal is to be 100 per cent renewable powered. There are lots of challenges in getting there, not the (10) ____ of which is operating in many jurisdictions that are in different parts of the world." He added: "At Google we invest in innovative renewable energy projects that have the potential to transform the energy (11) ____ and help provide more (12) ____ power to businesses and homes around the world."

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.

1.

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totalled

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totality

(d)

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landscape

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12.

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sanitary

(c)

cleanliness

(d)

clean

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PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

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CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)

Tech giant Google is investing $1billion in renewable energies to make its operations totally / total green. The company hopes to exploit / exploitation solar energy, wind farms and other farms / forms of alternative energy to power its data / date centres around the world. Rick Needham, Google's Director of Energy and Sustainability, told reporters: "We've invested over a billion dollars in 15 projects that have the audacity / capacity to produce two giga-watts of power around the world." Mr Needham added it was an economic necessary / necessity for Google to invest in energy. He said: "Procreating / Procuring power for ourselves / us and investing in…renewable power plants…all make business sense / senses. They make sense for us as a company to do. We rely / reliable on power for our business."

Mr Needham said Google still has a long / length way to go before all of its operations are refuels / fuelled by renewable energy. He said about 34 per cent of Google's power / powerful requirements are sourced / sauced from renewables. Needham told reporters it wasn't always easy to congregate / meet this target in some parts of the world, saying: "Our goal is to be 100 per cent renewable powered. There are lots of challenges in being / getting there, not the least of which is operating in many justifications / jurisdictions that are in different parts / partners of the world." He added: "At Google we invest in innovative renewable energy projects that have the potential to transform / transfer the energy landscape / portrait and help provide more clean power to businesses and homes around the world."

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.

tech giant google is investing $1billion in renewable energies to make its operations totally green the company hopes to exploit solar energy wind farms and other forms of alternative energy to power its data centres around the world rick needham google's director of energy and sustainability told reporters "we've invested over a billion dollars in 15 projects that have the capacity to produce two giga-watts of power around the world" mr needham added it was an economic necessity for google to invest in energy he said "procuring power for ourselves and investing in…renewable power plants…all make business sense they make sense for us as a company to do we rely on power for our business"

mr needham said google still has a long way to go before all of its operations are fuelled by renewable energy he said about 34 per cent of google's power requirements are sourced from renewables needham told reporters it wasn't always easy to meet this target in some parts of the world saying "our goal is to be 100 per cent renewable powered there are lots of challenges in getting there not the least of which is operating in many jurisdictions that are in different parts of the world" he added "at google we invest in innovative renewable energy projects that have the potential to transform the energy landscape and help provide more clean power to businesses and homes around the world"